{
  "id": 19124445,
  "title": "Unexpected Expenses Hit More Consumers Still Keeping Up With Bills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/unexpected-expenses-hit-more-consumers-still-keeping-up-with-bills",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-09T09:01:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-insights/2026/unexpected-expenses-hit-more-consumers-still-keeping-up-with-bills/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Keeping up with monthly bills leaves another financial test for paycheck-to-paycheck consumers: finding room for expenses they hadn’t planned to pay. In October, 32.5% of consumers living paycheck to paycheck without issues paying bills reported an unexpected expense of $1,200 or more in the previous 90 days, up from 27.1% in August. That increase was […] The post Unexpected Expenses Hit More…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}